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MeerKAT: the South African radio telescope that’s transformed our understanding of the cosmos
Some of the satellite dishes that make up the MeerKAT. South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) Ed Elson,…
Is the “Crisis in Cosmology” Finally Solved?
The James Webb Space Telescope has recently put forward data from its observations that may put to rest…
Breakthrough Study Reveals Neutron Stars Propel Jets at One-Third the Speed of Light
At a Glance A recent study in Nature has shed light on the incredible speed at which neutron…
The Ancient Babylonians Were Alredy Predicting Eclipses 2,600 Years Ago.
The ancient Babylonians developed a sophisticated system called Saros cycles, which involved mathematical predictions based on the movements…
New Study Reveals Clues to Neptune’s Formation in the Outer Solar System
At a Glance A recent study published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics has shed light on the…
New Study Challenges Existence of Exomoons Orbiting Distant Planets
At a Glance Scientists have long speculated that planets in distant star systems may have moons similar to…
Astronomers finally caught radio waves from 40 large galaxies in the nearby universe
The Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder in the Western Australian desert. CSIRO Michael J. I. Brown, Monash University…
Did We Just Disprove Dark Matter?
The GAIA astrometric survey’s recent results reveal some curious bits of information that challenge what we currently accept…
Caroline Herschel was England’s first female professional astronomer, but still lacks name recognition two centuries later
The Herschel Museum in Bath, England, has a new display of a handwritten draft of Caroline Herschel’s memoirs.…
Record-Breaking Binary System Reveals Tiny Stars Inside Sun’s Size
Astrophysicists from the California Institute of Technology, the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, and the…